Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/WikiGap 2020 in Nigeria
W I K I G A P 2020 Nigeria
Background
Wikipedia is the world’s largest online and user-generated encyclopaedia. Knowledge is power, and Wikipedia has the potential to colour our view of the world. But there is great imbalance between men and women on the website, like in society at large.
Ninety per cent of those who add content to Wikipedia are men. There are four times as many articles about men as there are about women. The figures vary regionally, but no matter how you look at it, the picture is clear: the information about women is less extensive than that about men. Regardless of which language version of Wikipedia you read. We want to change this.
WikiGap is an event during which people around the world gather to add more content to Wikipedia about women figures, experts and role models in various fields. Similar events have already been arranged in almost 60 countries worldwide to improve women’s representation on the internet.
Together, we want to bring about a more gender-equal internet – and a more gender-equal world.
Wikimedia Community User Group Nigeria, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented through the Swedish embassy in Nigeria, ELOY Awards and African Women in the Media ( AWIM) will host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on 6th and 9th of March 2019 in Abuja and Lagos to celebrate the International Women's Day in Nigeria.
Programme
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editVenue: Sweden Embassy| Asokoro, Abuja
| Time | Activity-Abuja |
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| 9.00 - 9.30 | Registration of participants |
| 9.30 - 9.40 | Welcome Remarks – (Ambassador Carl Michael Gräns, the Sweden Ambassador to Nigeria) |
| 9.40 - 10.10 | Tea Break |
| 10.10 - 11.10 | Session 1 – Wikipedia - How to start your first wikipedia article
How to edit Wikipedia of outstanding African Women on Environment and Climate Change List of Proposed Names: • Leah Namugerwa: Uganda • Oladosu Adenike: Nigeria • Vanessa Nakate: Uganda • Elizabeth Wanjru Wathuti: Kenya • Bob Matovu: Uganda • Nakabuye Hilde: Uganda • Maureen Damen: Senegal • Nanah takaza: DR Congo • Ariokot Faith Patricia: Uganda • Patricia Kombo: Kenya • Ayakha Melithafa: S. Africa • Ruby Sampson: S. Africa • Makenna Muigai: Kenya • Remy Zahiga : DR Congo |
| 11.10 - 1.10 | Session 2 - Edit-at-thon (by 6 groups) |
| 1.10 - 1.30 | Lunch |
| 1.30 - 1.40 | Closing Remarks |
| 1.40 - 1.55 | Review of Wikipedia articles |
| 1.55 - 2.00 | Closure |
WikiGap 2020 in Lagos
editVenue: Simply African |Lagos
| Time | Activity-Lagos |
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| 9.00 - 9.30 | Registration of participants |
| 9.35 - 8.40 | Welcome Remarks – Host |
| 9:45-10:00 | Tea Break |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Session 1 – Wikipedia - How to start your first wikipedia article How to edit Wikipedia of outstanding Nigeria Women and articles on gender equality in Nigeria |
| 11:20 – 1:00 | Session 2 - Edit-at-thon |
| 1.00 – 2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:05-2:20 | Closing Remarks ( By His Excellency,Carl-Michael Gräns, Sweden Ambassador to Nigeria) |
| 2:20 - 2:45 | Review of Wikipedia articles |
| 2:45- 3:00 | Closure |
Dashboard
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- Please join the dashborad for the WikiGap 2020 in Abuja here
WikiGap activities in Abuja-Photo gallery
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Missing articles/articles need to improve on notable Women in Nigeria
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edit- Celine Leader
- Florence Seriki
- Eni Balogun
- Evelyn Oputu
- Hajiya Aisha Shinkafi
- Yetunde Ayeni Babaeko
- Toyin Lawani
- Chiamaka Obuekwe
- Chinyere Anokuru
- Nike Majekodunmi
- Adeola Shasanya
- Bukky Tinko
List of Participants
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